Veialu Aila-Unsworth

This re-imagining of the ubiquitous blue and white ‘willow china’ ceramic pattern tells a tragic story — supposedly derived from an ancient Chinese folktale — of lovers fleeing an angry father.

Raya loves makeup but her family does not. She’s torn between her secret dream of being a makeup artist and her family’s strict religious beliefs. In a nightmare, she receives a profound message from her Papua New Guinean ancestor who encourages her to look at her Indigenous culture for answers.

A fairytale about three women of colour forced into absurd stereotypes by a magical curse infecting men — “the male gaze” — until one man’s transformation offers a different way of seeing.

This re-imagining of the ubiquitous blue and white ‘willow china’ ceramic pattern tells a tragic story — supposedly derived from an ancient Chinese folktale — of lovers fleeing an angry father.

This re-imagining of the ubiquitous blue and white ‘willow china’ ceramic pattern tells a tragic story — supposedly derived from an ancient Chinese folktale — of lovers fleeing an angry father.

This re-imagining of the ubiquitous blue and white ‘willow china’ ceramic pattern tells a tragic story — supposedly derived from an ancient Chinese folktale — of lovers fleeing an angry father.

Raya loves makeup but her family does not. She’s torn between her secret dream of being a makeup artist and her family’s strict religious beliefs. In a nightmare, she receives a profound message from her Papua New Guinean ancestor who encourages her to look at her Indigenous culture for answers.

Raya loves makeup but her family does not. She’s torn between her secret dream of being a makeup artist and her family’s strict religious beliefs. In a nightmare, she receives a profound message from her Papua New Guinean ancestor who encourages her to look at her Indigenous culture for answers.

Raya loves makeup but her family does not. She’s torn between her secret dream of being a makeup artist and her family’s strict religious beliefs. In a nightmare, she receives a profound message from her Papua New Guinean ancestor who encourages her to look at her Indigenous culture for answers.

A fairytale about three women of colour forced into absurd stereotypes by a magical curse infecting men — “the male gaze” — until one man’s transformation offers a different way of seeing.